Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 1996 • Picador

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION [1996] PICADOR U.S.

Later (9th) trade printing circa early 00's w/ embossed cover fonts.

Book is like new with mild shelf wear to cover.

In his first novel since The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys firmly established Michael Chabon as a force to be reckoned with in American fiction.

Grady Tripp is a middle aged philanderer with a penchant for pot and failed marriages, who is unable to complete the long-awaited follow-up to his award-winning novel. His brilliant student James Leer is a troubled young writer obsessed with Hollywood suicides and prone to fabrication and petty thievery.

In their odyssey through the streets of Pittsburgh, Grady and James are joined by Grady's pregnant mistress, his hilariously bizarre editor, and an achingly beautiful student lodger. The result is a wildly comic, poignantly moving, and ultimately profound search for past promise, future fame, and a purpose to Grady's life.